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Moldova has chosen 12 songs and artists to compete in the national selection “Etapa Națională 2025” on February 22, for Eurovision 2025. Some contestants have previously participated in the national selection. Listen to the songs!

Following the audition day where 26 songs competed, the Moldovan national broadcaster (TRM) revealed tonight the ten songs that will compete in the local Eurovision selection, “Etapa Națională 2025”. The audition results were determined entirely by jury votes. The representative chosen in the final, to be held on February 22, 2025, and broadcast on TRM and YouTube, will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2025!

The Moldovan “Etapa națională 2025” is not without its dramas:

  • Eblansh Band, who were set to perform “O, Moldova mea dragă!” (translated as: “Oh, my dear Moldova”), withdrew at the last minute due to the hospitalization of one of the band members and will not participate in the audition stage.
  • The singer AnnaG was disqualified from participating in the broadcast as she did not show up on the audition filming day.
  • The singer Valeria was disqualified from participating in the broadcast because she was 20 minutes late to the audition filming day.
  • The singer Dan Alexandrov, who was said during the broadcast to have his performance delayed to the end of the show, was also absent from the broadcast without further explanation.




List of songs and artists selected to compete in “Etapa națională 2025”:

  1. Zelorielle – “Miracle”
  2. Vadim Eleni – “Mamă, să fii!”
  3. Royals ST – “Zboară-n sus”
  4. PRIZA ft. Mc MIKE – “Kookoo”
  5. Katy Rain – “Timpul”
  6. Catalina Solomac – “Demons”
  7. Rina – “Dorințele”
  8. Bacho & CARNIVAL BRAIN – “Semafoare”
  9. LODOS – “Sentimental”
  10. Nadya Crajevschi – “Not a shodow”
  11. Chris Cross – “Eu vin”
  12. Sasha Bognibov – “All-Night Party”

Click on the song title to listen to it!




Returning Artists to the National Selection

Several artists in the current list have previously competed in Moldova’s Eurovision national selection, including:

  • Sasha Bognibov – Participated in the Moldovan national selection in 2022 with two songs – “I Just Had Sex With Your Ex” and “My Friend Is Gay“, returned in 2023 with “My Favourite Schoolgirl” and 2024 with “Married to twins“, finishing last in the audition stages.
  • Catalina Solomac – Participated last year with the song “Fever“.
  • Katy Rain – Participated in 2022 with “Lele“.
    MC Mike – Participated in 2012 with “The Mole Girl“.
    Sasha Letty – Participated in 2019, 2020, and 2024. Last year, she participated with the song “DNA“.

After the auditions, ten artists will be chosen to compete in the final of the national selection. The final event of “Etapa Națională 2025” will be held on February 22nd, 2025, and will be broadcast on TRM and YouTube.




Moldova in Eurovision 2024

Natalia Barbu represented Moldova in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2024 with the song “In the Middle”, after winning first place in the local national final. The song reached 13th place in the first semi-final, with only 20 points, and did not qualify for the grand final. This is Moldova’s lowest result in Eurovision since 2016, when Moldova reached 17th place in the semi-final.

Source: Eurovisionworld.

Eurovision 2025: This will be Moldova’s 20th participation in Eurovision. Moldova joined the competition in 2005 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2017 when SunStroke Project finished in third place with the song “Hey Mamma”.